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Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.33,0:00:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good afternoon, everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.68,0:00:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's feeble.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.71,0:00:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You probably didn’t eat much at lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.87,0:00:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chuckling)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.13,0:00:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, thanks for the invitation\Nfrom my comrade, Denis.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.42,0:00:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said he'd be on vacation,\Nbut he's probably here in the audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.61,0:00:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks, otherwise I wouldn't\Nhave had this chance
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.77,0:00:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell a bit about my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.90,0:00:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see me as the thousands of extractivists
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.15,0:00:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are underneath\Nthe layers of the forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.86,0:00:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't have this opportunity, Denis,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.83,0:01:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk to such an important audience
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.36,0:01:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such an important moment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.02,0:01:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when everyone is working together
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.93,0:01:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a better\Nand fairer world for all,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.90,0:01:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we deserve it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.50,0:01:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As was already mentioned,\NI'm Manoel Cunha,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.80,0:01:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the town of Carauari\Nin the state of Amazonas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.35,0:01:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 700-750 km from here\Nas a crow flies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.17,0:01:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes much longer by river.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.09,0:01:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born on March the 2nd, 1968.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.46,0:01:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not that old,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.18,0:01:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I know much about a sad story,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.02,0:01:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sad and old story
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.13,0:01:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that disrupted the lives of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.14,0:01:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many interesting things\Nhave happened in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.41,0:02:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'd like to share with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.36,0:02:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're 14 siblings at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.99,0:02:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raised by an old man called Joaquim Cunha.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.03,0:02:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't have many opportunities in life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.79,0:02:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one we didn't have was to study.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.54,0:02:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time\N- going straight to the point -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.08,0:02:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bosses didn't want\Nthe rubber tappers' kids to study.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.06,0:02:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said that you didn't need\Nto study to tap rubber.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.53,0:02:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never imagined\Nthat they didn't want us to study
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.86,0:02:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as not to turn the tables on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.75,0:02:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought they were actually right -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.96,0:02:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to tap rubber\Nyou didn't need any schooling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.64,0:02:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, when I was 11,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.40,0:02:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I was preparing myself\Nto accompany my father
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.80,0:03:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help him tap rubber,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.44,0:03:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a neighbor of my boss managed\Nto arrange a school for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.22,0:03:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't a proper school,\Nbut permission for the boss' wife
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.55,0:03:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to teach the people\Nwho lived in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.24,0:03:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took us about an hour\Nand a half to get there by canoe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.52,0:03:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our comrade from the Saúde\Ne Alegria project showed very well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.78,0:03:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite this, my dad made\Na very important decision
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.15,0:03:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for his and our lives:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.39,0:03:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he sent two of my sisters to school
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.40,0:03:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn how to read and write
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.34,0:03:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they could then teach us at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.60,0:03:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We couldn't go to school
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.57,0:03:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we needed\Nto go on the rubber trail.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.83,0:03:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teacher took pity on them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.83,0:03:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allowed them to go to school\Nonly three days a week,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.72,0:03:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would set them homework\Non the other two days.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.30,0:04:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I was really keen\Non learning to read and write,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.40,0:04:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I managed to learn from them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.92,0:04:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they got together\Nto do their homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.35,0:04:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the only way I learned\Nto just read and write.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.15,0:04:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is where my whole life started.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.58,0:04:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I started working\Nin rubber production,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.35,0:04:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that degrading way of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.94,0:04:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still remember
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.55,0:04:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one year when Dad had some health problem
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.74,0:04:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only managed to go\Nto the rubber forest in October.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.12,0:04:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our summer goes from July to December.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.87,0:04:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That year, my father\Narrived there in October
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.08,0:04:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with only two months left in that year.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.16,0:04:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boss had a rule:\Non the 31st of December
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.96,0:04:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to clear away\Nall the cups from the forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.28,0:04:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With all the cups taken down\Nwe couldn't extract any more rubber.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.52,0:05:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dad had to follow that rule
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.22,0:05:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were harder off than ever before.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.33,0:05:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were countless humiliations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.24,0:05:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,\Nif we fished in Mandioca lake,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.34,0:05:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the São Romão\Nrubber forest, where I lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.62,0:05:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boss only let us fish there\Nafter the 1st of August, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.72,0:05:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To fish for your livelihood
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.40,0:05:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that lake before that date,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.45,0:05:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was reason for you to lose your place.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.95,0:05:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To lose your place in that region\Nwas to almost lose your life
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.12,0:05:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all the rubber tapping\Nplaces were taken
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.96,0:05:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were none left.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.59,0:05:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd put up with the humiliations
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.53,0:05:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as not to lose our place.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.77,0:05:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fishing where it was not authorized
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.52,0:06:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was also a reason to lose your place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.67,0:06:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our work system
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.71,0:06:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't know\Nthe sale price of the product
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.93,0:06:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor the purchase price of goods.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.96,0:06:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.81,0:06:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd only hear a deep voice\Nfrom behind the counter, saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.81,0:06:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're in debt, you need\Nto produce more rubber next year."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.74,0:06:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started to realize\Nthat the more we produced,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.37,0:06:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we owed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.13,0:06:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we had to produce more
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.51,0:06:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to made him richer,\Nas all the profit was his.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.58,0:06:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I and many others
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.61,0:06:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I'm speaking here on behalf of many -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.55,0:06:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to rebel against that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.86,0:06:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to consider that as wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.49,0:06:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we couldn't do it differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.76,0:06:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was already grown up then,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.08,0:06:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,married and a father of three children.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.23,0:06:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how I had lived\Nup to the age of 24,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.56,0:07:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had only known 14 beaches on a river,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.10,0:07:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the equivalent of 40 minutes\Nby a 40 HP motorboat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.34,0:07:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My whole life was determined\Nby that place.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.13,0:07:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd never had any other opportunity,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.44,0:07:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one ever said\Nanything else was possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.35,0:07:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was possible to change the region,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.84,0:07:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change someone's way of producing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.56,0:07:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one day, around May,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.32,0:07:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we heard an announcement on the radio
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.21,0:07:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an institution called MEB,\NBasic Education Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.86,0:07:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linked to the Catholic Church,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.30,0:07:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would organize things\Nfor the rubber tappers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.50,0:07:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we waited,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.01,0:07:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one night, at about 8 p.m.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.22,0:07:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they went to my father's house
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.24,0:07:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spoke about how it was possible\Nto live a different way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.71,0:07:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember to this day people saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.64,0:08:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You rubber tappers\Ncan organize yourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.74,0:08:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those at the top,\Nthe bottom and the middle,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.69,0:08:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and form a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.54,0:08:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you'll be strong enough\Nto demand a school, a health center,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.72,0:08:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your kids will be able to study.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.38,0:08:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's most interesting\Nis that the communities down the river,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.82,0:08:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ones closest to the town,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.17,0:08:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are already organizing an association.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.68,0:08:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal is to sell our own products
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.23,0:08:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through our organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.78,0:08:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get rid of the criminal\Nsystem of these bosses."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.62,0:08:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that was\Nthe happiest day of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.87,0:08:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I realized\Nthat there was another way,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.20,0:08:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different way of living,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.78,0:08:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of living with dignity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.85,0:08:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how the whole battle started.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.21,0:08:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll skip ahead to 1997
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.62,0:09:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we managed to create\Nthe first extractivist reserve
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.64,0:09:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the state of Amazonas,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.39,0:09:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in my community, in Middle Juruá.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.86,0:09:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.10,0:09:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, those same people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.26,0:09:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were so humiliated,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.55,0:09:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I tried to explain here,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.88,0:09:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this association has grown\Nand organized itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.83,0:09:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From individual rubber tappers\Nof the São Romão rubber forest
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.34,0:09:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've become a community
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.61,0:09:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I became its leader\Nand a teacher as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.27,0:09:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interestingly, I have\Nnever been a student,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.48,0:09:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was a teacher\Nin my community for four years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.43,0:09:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with a difference:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.46,0:09:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always saw beyond\Nthe three Rs in education,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.09,0:10:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw it as a mechanism, a path, a beacon
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.74,0:10:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the transformation of a society.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.28,0:10:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to show this to the youngsters\Nand adults that I started to teach.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.87,0:10:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that today,\Nwithout discriminating any region,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.53,0:10:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the regions with\Nthe greatest number of community leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.88,0:10:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the community of São Raimundo,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.93,0:10:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially the Middle Juruá\Nextractivist reserve.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.30,0:10:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I've been part of this story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.23,0:10:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by my different method of teaching,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.07,0:10:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preparing them to face everyday problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.80,0:10:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In these communities,\N- coming back to the present day -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.40,0:10:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at the way we lived,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.68,0:10:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today we sell all the production\Nthrough the association
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.08,0:10:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the cooperative,\Ndirectly to the consumers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.94,0:10:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When our fellow speaker\Nfrom Natura company did her presentation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.67,0:10:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the points\Nshe mentioned was Middle Juruá.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.19,0:11:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Middle Juruá communities\Nsupply about 15 to 20 tons
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.13,0:11:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of vegetable oil directly to Cognis,\Nin Jacareí, São Paulo.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.55,0:11:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes from the factory tap\Ninside the extractivist reserve,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.61,0:11:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Jacareí, São Paulo,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.91,0:11:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that Cognis can process it\Nand then deliver to Natura.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.03,0:11:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rubber produced by those communities
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.05,0:11:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would either go to Sena Madureira in Acre,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.79,0:11:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there was a processing plant,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.20,0:11:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to Manicoré, in the state of Amazonas.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.51,0:11:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The meal left over\Nfrom the family production
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.17,0:11:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is sold at the counter\Nof the association itself, in the town.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.96,0:11:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The products, the other products,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.09,0:11:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- brooms, oars, handicrafts -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.64,0:11:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all products are sold directly\Nto the consumer,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.02,0:11:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to those who do the final processing,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.74,0:11:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as in the case of Natura,\Nwhich turns the oils into cosmetics.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.83,0:11:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's interesting is that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.18,0:12:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that period of our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.87,0:12:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for much of my life I only had two shirts
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.88,0:12:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to hope for sunshine\Nto dry one of them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.36,0:12:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I could put it on when I got home,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.39,0:12:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one we wore at work
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.89,0:12:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other our mother would wash\Non the washing board.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.48,0:12:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, people lead a dignified life\Ninside this reserve.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.27,0:12:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this reserve has helped to create
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.02,0:12:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than a dozen\Nother conservation units.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.55,0:12:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people give talks
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.66,0:12:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to organize the communities\Nto create protected areas,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.14,0:12:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they always cite\NMiddle Juruá as an example
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.64,0:12:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a region that got rid of\Nits slavery conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.46,0:12:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which today is totally independent,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.84,0:12:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very strong and well-organized movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.64,0:12:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, we implemented\Nthe Riverside Solidarity Trade
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.76,0:12:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we call canteens.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.22,0:12:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are like small supermarkets,\Nspread throughout all the communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.83,0:13:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about a 400-km area\Nin a straight line,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.60,0:13:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the heart of the town\Nto the last community we serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.00,0:13:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is over 54 hours by boat
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.53,0:13:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is our means of transport,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.85,0:13:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going round all the bends in the river.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.70,0:13:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a people who succeeded\Nin their efforts
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.39,0:13:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- despite persecution from the police,\Na part that I skipped,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.89,0:13:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,persecution from the bosses -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.30,0:13:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who found a way of surviving.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.93,0:13:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most interestingly,\Nsurviving in a sustainable manner.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.86,0:13:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything that's done in that reserve
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.92,0:13:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is done thinking of the present\Nand future generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.64,0:13:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you allow me,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.97,0:13:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to tell the story\Nof the Andiroba tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.20,0:13:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we started,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.56,0:13:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was president\Nof the association at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.75,0:13:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We began to make a study\Nof the potential of the Andiroba,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.13,0:13:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with Amazonas State University.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.90,0:13:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used to see flooring\Nmade from Andiroba in some houses,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.61,0:14:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'd say,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.61,0:14:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cut some other tree, leave the Andiroba,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.78,0:14:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're studying it."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.35,0:14:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Andiroba was only used\Nfor homemade medicine,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.32,0:14:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to make homemade soap
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.76,0:14:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was cheaper\Nthan industrialized soap.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.69,0:14:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When this project\Ncame through, even Natura,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.33,0:14:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the big goal was\Nto produce energy from vegetable oil,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.47,0:14:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is still done today.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.71,0:14:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone can go there and see this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.68,0:14:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natura appeared exactly\Nat that time, in 2002,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.34,0:14:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was interested in buying\Nthis raw material.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.95,0:14:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We said, "No, wait a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.39,0:14:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natura wants to buy\Nat eight Brazilian reais a kilo of oil,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.20,0:14:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diesel costs about 0.92 reais a liter.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.84,0:14:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, you can buy the diesel\Nand still have money left over."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.20,0:14:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we started to use it in the motors,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.45,0:14:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we sold a good part.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.53,0:14:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there is a contract,\Nquite fair and organized,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.47,0:15:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the community and Natura,\Nthe cooperative and Cognis.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.76,0:15:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Rubber Tappers' Council\Nis always present in the negotiation,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.86,0:15:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very well considered.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.10,0:15:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now they are even discussing\Nthe Middle Juruá fund
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.78,0:15:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the aim of presenting projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.65,0:15:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, going back to the subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.23,0:15:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The families started\Nto sell this raw material
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.72,0:15:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at 8, 10, 14, 18 reais,\Nand today it's sold at 24 reais
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.85,0:15:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kilo of Andiroba oil or Murumuru butter.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.08,0:15:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that same family
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.49,0:15:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that didn't see the importance\Nof Andiroba trees
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.40,0:15:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes cut them\Nfor housing material and not to sell,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.74,0:15:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now they want to know,\Nwhen they look at the Andiroba tree trails
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.73,0:15:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what insolent kid walked along there
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.98,0:15:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cut the roots of their Andiroba tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.16,0:15:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they fear\Nit will ruin the fructification.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.29,0:15:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell this story to show\Nour responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.72,0:16:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in finding the true value of the forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.84,0:16:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in finding a way of valorizing\Nthe forest conservation work
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.63,0:16:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our people do.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.19,0:16:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we find this
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.87,0:16:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Middle Juruá found\Nin the Andiroba, in the Murumuru,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.19,0:16:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need no laws or inspectors.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.38,0:16:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best inspectors\Nis the community itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.31,0:16:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the users of the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.09,0:16:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they understand this process.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.59,0:16:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This shows me...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.19,0:16:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started talking about my own life,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.02,0:16:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the association's president
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.04,0:16:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became president
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.89,0:16:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the National Council\Nof Extractivist Populations.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.48,0:16:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until July last year, it was called\Nthe National Rubber Tappers' Council.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.25,0:16:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it was because...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.76,0:16:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first, because I'm very ugly\Nand not literate enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.13,0:16:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe it's because\NI seriously defend the importance
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.25,0:16:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of living in harmony with the forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.25,0:17:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Climate change is here
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.54,0:17:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affecting our communities very badly,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.70,0:17:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and despite that, many people,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.12,0:17:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- not this audience here -
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.82,0:17:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't understand this.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.46,0:17:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I brought some water here,\Njust to close my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.50,0:17:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to invite you all.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.81,0:17:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Rubber Tappers' Council\Nis a non-profit grassroots organization
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.39,0:17:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supported by donations,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.80,0:17:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that does great work in the Amazon.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.93,0:17:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One project has almost\N20 million hectares of forest
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.50,0:17:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with extractivist populations,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.57,0:17:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Rubber Tappers' Council\Npushed this policy with the government.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.11,0:17:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To finalize, I just want to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.84,0:17:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I want us all here\Nto help spread this message.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.45,0:17:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People think that the great\Ndevastation of the Amazon
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.77,0:17:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is through greed for money.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.55,0:18:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People don't understand
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.07,0:18:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when the drinking water is gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.37,0:18:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when this fresh air we breathe is gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.70,0:18:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this here in my pocket\Nwill be worth nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.43,0:18:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It won't save my life,\Nnor that of my children,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.00,0:18:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.83,0:18:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this money that makes us greedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.45,0:18:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks, everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.91,0:18:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)